Unit 1 Food for thought 食物是家的味道,是故乡的颜色, 把故土乡情融入食物中,把家的味道带给世界
I was born and grew up in Sichuan
Hot pot is an important part of my life
However, when I went to the UK, I found that it was expensive to have hot pot in town (more than 100 yuan per person, without drinks), while the locals know nothing about hot pot
They don’t even know that lotus root(莲藕) is a vegetable
So I came up with an idea
It was to invite some international friends to a hot pot dinner
The dinner helped me to spread our culture such as the obsession( 喜 爱 ) of Sichuan people with spicy( 辛 辣 的 ) food and Chinese table manners
It also gave me an opportunity to make friends
I first showed my talent for cooking for my best friend, a German girl
I took my rice cooker, the container(容器) that I used to make hot pot